Beirut Blogging
After a delightful dinner by the seaside last night with friends from Canada, Estonia, Germany, and Jordan, we met at 8:30 this morning with our colleagues and had the first…
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McGovern and Polk’s Disappointing Analysis and Plan
On my long flight, I read a short book, Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now, by George McGovern and William R. Polk. It had been enthusiastically recommended…
Boaz on Yayla
My colleague David Boaz had an blog entry on the Yayla case in the Guardian’s blog, “Putting Turkey to the Test.” (The comments are a hoot.)
Technology and the Isolated and Impoverished
A Work-Around for State Failure The best thing is to be involved in the world economy (best from the position of longevity, reduced infant mortality, education, and so forth), but…
Petro-State Corruption On Display
Hugo Chavez, who first came to national attention when he led a military coup attempt in 192, is on his way to buying a massive reelection victory, thanks to high…
A Muslim Voice Against Radical Political Islamism
Anwar Ibrahim: A Courageous Voice for Liberty My colleagues are very pleased to translate, publish, and widely disseminate throughout the Arabic world the writings of Anwar Ibrahim, a courgeous voice…
Thank you, Dr. Kameny
Frank Kameny in World War II and in 2005, Always a Soldier My friend Jonathan Rauch has an elegant and touching tribute to a man to whom all Americans owe…
Off to Beirut
A Photo I Snapped Earlier This Year from the Beautiful Campus of the American University of Beirut I’m off shortly to Beirut, where I’ll attend the 2006 Annual Economic Freedom…
Now This Is Cool: Ancient Computers
The delicate workings at the heart of a 2,000-year-old analogue computer have been revealed by scientists.
Beatles and Apples
The Beatles may soon end up in your Apple, or at least your iPod, “Beatles: only on iPod?.”